I worked really hard on this one for you guys! As it turns out, I have the stomach flu and have been sick all last night and this morning. I really hope you guys like this chapter!

They all had made it to the hospital without mishap. Carlisle had come in and set things in motion for Bella to get the best care as fast as possible. There was just one incident when Bella got sick in the middle of the waiting room, but other than that things had gone well. Bella had had her stomach pumped and was going through a blood de-tox.

When I woke the next day I found Edward laying beside me, his arms around me holding me closer to him. The curtains on the windows were open, telling me that it was morning. Had I only been asleep for a few hours? I felt drained and very tired. When I was looking around the room I glanced down at my arm and flinched, I saw way to many needles in my arm. This was not good.

When I looked over toward Edward I found that he was looking at me. "I love you Bella."

"I love you to." Hearing his voice reminded me of something. While I had slept I had had a dream, it was beautiful. Edward and I had just gotten married, for some reason, unknown to me, I was a vampire. It was the best dream I had had in a long time.

"What are you thinking?" Edward asked looking up at me, his eyes kind.

"Well, I was thinking about you, and me." I tried to tell the truth without elaborating on every detail.

"What about you and me?" He smiled that adorable crooked smile, trying to get me distracted so I could spill my guts. I was determined that that would not happen.

"I was thinking that you laying here with me is pretty great, until my dad comes in." It wasn't lie, where was Charlie?

"That won't happen; I've been lying here with you all night. Your Dad had to leave about an hour after we got you here, he didn't want to, he tried to see if he could get out of it but he couldn't. Apparently there was a vicious animal attack down in Sappho."

"So you haven't left my side? What did the nurses say? What did Carlisle say?"

"Oh nothing, the nurses complained and my Dad ignored it. He told them that you can't control true love. They all kind of giggled, and have been really nice to me ever since."

"Oh." I had begun to nod off to sleep when there was a knock at the door. I opened my eyes to see Alice and Jasper standing in the door way, both holding huge bouquets of flowers. Alice came gracefully bounding over, gave me a kiss and handed the flowers to me. Jasper followed suit, kissing me one the cheek and handing me the flowers. They were a good couple; they were alike in many ways yet different, a completion of the other, kind of how Edward and I were.

Edward slipped off the bed and took the flowers to put them in a vase. Alice sat down on the bed and grabbed my hand. "Jasper, Edward could you go get Bella some chips or something? Anything would be better than hospital food." She looked at Jasper and winked.

"Sure. Come on." And with that, they both left the room.

Alice and I sat there laughing for a few moments, "I had a vision of you and Edward. It was so cute! Jasper wrote down exactly what I said", she pulled a napkin out of her purse. "I have never had a vision like this one. It was like a poem running through my head with pictures on a screen. Well, here it is: 'They were perfect, they were beautiful. They met in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of nothing, and kissed where everyone could see. No words. No before. No after. They kissed and it was perfect. It was beautiful. It was everything. It was nothing.' I saw you in a wedding dress, and Edward was waiting for you at the end of the isle. Oh, Bella! If only you could see how beautiful you looked!" she got up now and began dancing around the room. "There were flowers everywhere! Oh, Bella!" She ran and gave me a hug.

"So what does it mean? The wedding thing?"

"Well," she brushed back the hair that had fallen in my face. "It could mean that you and Edward are going to be married soon, or it could be metaphorical. You won't get married, but you'll be together, forever. You never know with these things. The future is never certain, every decision we make has two consequences. Say you have the choice between orange juice and apple juice. Let's say you pick orange juice and you spill it all over yourself, so you have to go back up stairs change your clothes, you're late for school and you missed that big math test you had been studying so hard for. But say you picked the apple juice, nothing goes wrong and you get an A+ on that test. With every desion you make, you decide your future. Do you understand what I'm getting at?"

"Yeah, don't get my hopes up." I said gloomily. She gave me a giant hug, trying to cheer me up.

"I wouldn't say that. You have very good chances." She started to tickle me, we both ended up in fits of laughter.

"Jasper, I want to talk to you about something." Edward said putting the dollar into the vending machine.

"Sure." Jasper said pressing E12 for the Doritos. "What do you need to talk to me about?"

Edward bent down and grabbed the chips from the bin and walked over to a bench. Jasper sat down beside him and looked at his brother. "Is it about Bella?"

Edward smiled at the name, "I thought that I was the only one who could read minds."

"You are. But I've known you for a while Edward, she's all you really think about, at least lately. So what's up?"

"Well, when Bella was upstairs sleeping, Carlisle was talking to Charlie about what was going on with her, I could hear what he was thinking.," Edward started to chuckle, "He thought Carlisle was there to say that he supported me when I was going to ask Charlie's blessing so I could ask Bella to marry me. And I heard him in his mind that he would be willing to let me marry her."

"And…? Is that a problem?" Jasper questioned.

"Well, no, and yes. Jasper, the way you love Alice is the way I love Bella. I have always been alone in this world, no one to be with. Carlisle has Esme, Emmett has Rosalie, you have Alice, and I have Bella. But Bella and I won't be able to be together like Carlisle and Esme. I don't think I would change Bella. I love how she's so clumsy, I don't know what I would do if I couldn't save her. She would be different, Bella but different. I don't think I could stand it." He gave a half hearted laugh, a hollow sound.

Jasper looked at Edward for a while before saying, "So, the question is, would you ask? Even if you knew that you would only love her for a short while? And keep in mind Edward, even if you didn't marry her, she would die. One way or another, death will take her, like it takes all mortals, unless you changed her. But yes she would be different, but Bella all the same. It all comes down to whether or not you want to change her. It's your decision on what to do. Nobody can make it for you. Just know, that whatever you do, its ok with Alice and I. We'll always support you in whatever you do." Edwards eye brows furrowed as he thought about what Jasper had said. "Come on," Jasper said, patting Edward on the shoulder. "Bella must be hungry."

As they got up to leave Edward stopped, "Why did Alice want us out of the room so bad?"

"Can't say. I don't want Alice on my ass. Well, I do, just not an angry Alice." The boys started walking toward Bella's room laughing.

When they came into Bella's room all they could hear was laughter. The loudest of all was Bella. Edward had heard her laugh before, but not like this. It truly was a beautiful sound.

Once Alice and I noticed that the boys were in the room we simmered our laughter down to giggles. Edward was smiling at something, was he looking at me? I gave him a little wink and turned my attention to Jasper and Alice.

"So is Emmett and Rosalie coming?" I asked.

"Emmett and Esme are coming later." Jasper said with a smile as he handed me a bag of Doritos.

"Yeah, once Jasper and I come home Emmett and Esme are coming down. We don't want to leave Rosalie alone; she might set the house on fire." Alice said half joking.

"She really doesn't like me does she." I said tarring open the bag of chips.

"Its not that she doesn't like you as more of she despises you." Alice stated simply.

"And that makes things loads better!" I said moodily.

"Oh, it doesn't matter that much. You still have us, and we're the cooler people anyway. Tons more fun." Edward said kissing the top of my head.

And in a way, he was right. I felt comfortable around them, more than when I was around Rosalie. I always felt that I had to compete with her, which of course, I lost miserably. I think it's because Carlisle had made Rosalie for Edward that I felt so competitive with her. Why Edward had chosen me over her was beyond my comprehension. But she was happy with Emmett. Why she still felt the need to be in control of Edward was odd. Maybe it was a protective sister thing.

"I think we are going to head out Bella. We'll give you a few hours to sleep before Emmett an Esme come over." Jasper said as he gave me a hug. I had honestly not realized how tired I was until that moment.

"O.k." I said yawning.

Alice gave me a hug and grabbed her jacket. "We'll be back tomorrow to take you home."

And with that they were gone leaving me half asleep resting my head on Edwards shoulder. "That was a nice visit." I yawned.

"So… what did Alice have to say?" Edward said trying to sound nonchalant.

"I'm not telling. She'd be on my ass in an instant."

Edward laughed out loud. "Yeah, she would wouldn't she."

But he was too late. Bella had already fallen asleep, looking like an angel that had fallen from heaven and landed in his arms.